Frank Melendez is an architectural designer, educator, and researcher. He is a partner at Augmented Architectures and bioMATTERS, LLC, based in New York City and London, and teaches at the Spitzer School of Architecture, City College of New York, CUNY. His practice, teaching, and research engages topics pertaining to architectural drawing, computation, ecology, digital fabrication, biomaterials, physical computing, and robotics. Frank is the author of 'Drawing from the Model' (Wiley, 2019) and co-editor of 'Data, Matter, Design' (Routledge, 2020). His work has been exhibited internationally at various venues including Material Matters / London Design Festival 2023, rE-ordering architecture Usagi Gallery NY 2023, Lisbon Architecture Triennale 2019, Open Cell / London Design Festival 2019, GAA Foundation 2018, and Reshape FORUM Wearable Technology 2018. He has curated and organized symposia and exhibitions including 'DATA & MATTER', Palazzo Bembo, Venice, Italy, 2019, 'Material Interactions', City College of New York, New York, NY, 2017, and 'Eliciting Environments / Actuating Response', Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, 2014.Frank has been supported through grants, fellowships, residencies, and memberships including the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA)/ Van Alen Institute, MacDowell, Nature Art & Habitat (NAHR), and NEW INC. Prior to his appointment at CCNY, Frank held academic appointments at Carnegie Mellon University, Louisiana State University, and Arizona State University and has co-directed the Institute for Advanced Architecture Catalonia (IaaC) New York Global Summer School. He has professional experience working at prominent offices, including Gehry Partners, LLP and Urban A&O, LLC. He holds a Bachelor of Architecture degree from the University of Arizona and a Master of Architecture degree from Yale University.